Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

The Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine is interested in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the lungs and respiratory system. Areas of expertise include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, cystic fibrosis, environmental and occupational lung disease, lung cancer, sleep medicine, and the treatment of critically ill adult patients. The Division's research labs, located at both the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Omaha VA Medical Center, are focused on research in airway inflammation injury and repair. The Division also has a very active Clinical Studies Unit involved in clinical trials for asthma, COPD, smoking cessation, and cystic fibrosis.

Division Chief:
PCCM Fellowship Program Director:
Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program Director:
Critical Care Medical Director:
Associate Chief of Clinical Services:
Cystic Fibrosis Program Director:
Administrator:

Joe Sisson, MD
Craig Piquette, MD
John Harrington, MD, MPH
Dave Gannon, MD
Austin Thompson, MD
Peter Murphy, MD
Carolyn Nussrallah

985990 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-5990
 

Patient Care
2020 PCCSM Division Grand Rounds

2020-21 Schedule of Presenters
Currently via Zoom only
Thursdays, 12-1PM

Meet Our Faculty
Dustin Krutsinger, M.D.
Dustin Krutsinger, MD, MSCE

Dustin Krutsinger, MD, MSCE, is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep. He joined our division, January 2020. Dr. Krutsinger comes to us from University of Pennsylvania where he completed his pulmonary and critical care fellowship and obtained a Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology. Dr. Krutsinger started his medical career at the University of Iowa where he was an ICU nurse for 6 years. He then attended the University of Iowa for medical school, residency and chief residency training. Dr. Krutsinger’s research focuses on understanding how surrogate decision makers of critically ill patients make decisions, the burdens of this role, and how to reduce these burdens. He is especially interested in how surrogates make decisions surrounding trial enrollment. He uses qualitative research to understand the surrogates’ perspectives and randomized trials to identify interventions to ease decision making.